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9 January 2009 by sianberry
This Sunday, Jean Lambert, will mark the seventh anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility with the London Guantanamo campaign at a demonstration outside the US Embassy. The Green Party MEP for London, who was previously named MEP of the Year for her work on Justice and Human Rights and has campaigned […]
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7 January 2009 by sianberry
The London Mayor today confirmed his support for two existing schemes intended to improve the energy efficiency of commercial and public buildings: the Green 500 schemes aimed at occupiers of buildings and the Better Buildings partnership targeted at owners/landlords of commercial buildings. However, the flagship London Green Homes Service has been dropped. This service was […]
6 January 2009 by sianberry
A year ago the flagship London Green Homes Service was launched by the previous Mayor of London and the London Development Agency. The service was designed to help Londoners cut climate emissions and fuel costs by making their homes more energy efficient. Now the London Development Agency has axed the Green Homes Service from its […]
5 January 2009 by sianberry
The drivers of foreign-registered cars continue to break and evade UK traffic law. Since it was revealed last September that only 25% of foreign-registered drivers who were sent a penalty notice in the first six months of 2008 paid their fines, the Metropolitan police have set up Operation Tripper to tackle traffic offenders who drive […]
Responding to job losses in London and a flurry of economic recovery proposals, Darren Johnson, Green Party London Assembly Member, is calling on the Mayor and Government to invest immediately in schemes which will both tackle climate change and create jobs. "A London wide programme to improve the energy efficiency of all homes could create […]
19 December 2008 by sianberry
Responding to the mayor of London’s announcement of the winner for a new generation of Routemasters to replace articulated buses, Darren Johnson said: "The key problem with these bus designs is that fewer people will be able to get on them than the current double deckers and far fewer people than currently use a bendy […]
17 December 2008 by sianberry
Members of the European Parliament today voted, by a significant majority, to end the UK’s opt-out from the Working Time Directive. The recommendation from Parliament is to phase out the opt-out within three years. Jean Lambert MEP, who has been a long-time advocate of ending the opt-out and who has published a report on […]
Jenny Jones today challenged the London Mayor for re-announcing existing funding and repackaging previous measures in his Economic Recovery Action Plan. The Plan announces £33 million of new money for business support but £23 million of this was already announced a week ago. Similarly, the Plan claims "the £130 million Targeted Funding Stream" will be […]
16 December 2008 by sianberry
If you would like to hear Jean speaking during the Working Time Directive debate in the European Parliament yesterday evening, go here. (Scroll down to the Working Time debate under Subjects and scroll down to Jean under Speakers. You may need to download the speech if it doesn’t run directly from this page.) New figures […]
Jenny Jones will ask the Mayor of London at tomorrows Mayor’s Question Time to explain his motives behind cuts to the London Cycle Network Plus’s (LCN+) funding. Over two-thirds of the LCN+’s schemes to make roads safer for cyclists will have to be dropped or postponed as a result of reducing the budget to £10 […]
Jenny Jones today forced London’s Mayor to admit that he will not deliver new rape crisis centres in London on the scale he promised in his manifesto. Before being elected, the Mayor pledged to provide £744,000 a year to fund the one existing rape crisis centre in London, along with three more new centres. However, […]
11 December 2008 by sianberry
On average each household in London will throw out an extra five sacks of waste over this festive period, adding thousands of tonnes of additional waste to council tips or incinerators. Darren has tabled a formal question to the Mayor calling for a high profile campaign to reduce the amount food and other costly waste […]
9 December 2008 by sianberry
A new report says the capital’s rate of insulation is so low – well below the national average – that it would take at least 65 years to fully insulate its homes – almost 50 years too late for the Mayor’sgoal of a 60 percent reduction1 in carbon emissions by 2025. The London Assembly Environment […]
Commenting on the resignation of David Ross as the London mayor’s appointment to the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), Darren Johnson, said: "David Ross’ continued presence on the Olympics bodies would have turned 2012 into a laughing stock. There was no way there could ever be public confidence in the Olympics’ budget […]
8 December 2008 by sianberry
Read the article at the Guardian’s Comment is Free The EU climate package, which is currently under negotiation in the European parliament, stresses that employers have a vital role to play in tackling climate change. Over half of our climate emissions in the UK are work-related, yet most businesses have been slow to initiate and […]
5 December 2008 by sianberry
Darren Johnson, has responded to the announcement that articulated buses on routes 38, 507 and 521 will be replaced by larger numbers of conventional double and single decker buses. Darren Johnson said: "I want to know what the mayor is hiding. I’m shocked by the fact that the mayor has given no information on the […]
4 December 2008 by sianberry
The announcement that funding for the Metropolitan Police human trafficking unit has been restored has been welcomed by the London Assembly. The country’s only such unit had been threatened with closure as a result of cuts in Home Office funding which the London Assembly unanimously condemned earlier this week1. Today Justice Secretary Jack Straw MP […]
Boris Johnson’s backing for plans to build 180 houses on Crystal Palace Park has been condemned by Darren Johnson, London Assembly Member. The strength of feeling locally was reflected in a 8,000 signature petition which Darren Johnson presented at the London Assembly on behalf of the residents on the 14th June 2006 against this development […]
3 December 2008 by sianberry
The London Assembly today condemned a Home Office decision to cut more than £2million from the Metropolitan Police human trafficking unit, and called on both the Home Office and the Mayor to find the funding to keep the unit going. Members unanimously agreed an amended motion1 that praised the work of the unit and highlighted […]
1 December 2008 by sianberry
Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party MEP, raised concerns over constraints on civil liberties and the right to protest at Animal Aid’s Christmas Without Cruelty Fayre in London yesterday. Other speakers included fellow Green Peter Tatchell, on the failures of London Zoo, and Darren Colliss, who gave an insight into Sea Shepherd’s marine campaigns. Jean Lambert […]
28 November 2008 by sianberry
Immediate action is required to tackle the drastic decline in bee colonies, Euro MPs have declared this week. The decline in the number of bees poses a threat not just to honey production, but to the pollination of plants and hence to food production, both in London and around the world. At the annual Earthwatch […]
Jenny Jones said: "Ian Blair put bobbies back on the beat in London and reduced crime. The successful roll out of safer neighbourhood teams across the whole of London was a major achievement and provides real value for money for London’s council tax payers. It is a legacy which must be defended and I will […]
27 November 2008 by sianberry
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/27/boris-greenpolitics The mayor of London has promised to make London "the world’s leading city in delivering carbon reductions". In a speech to the London Environment Agency this week, Mayor Johnson called for a "green new deal" for London and officially launched the "Help a London Park" scheme, which will see 10 of London’s open spaces […]
Responding to the Mayor’s announcement that the Western Extension of the Congestion Charge will be scrapped, Jenny Jones commented: "The congestion charge has been an incredibly successful method of traffic reduction. Scrapping the Western Extension will almost certainly lead to a sharp rise in traffic, more congestion, more air pollution and more climate change emissions. […]